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Language Skills

R
Javascript (d3.js)
C++
Python
Bash
SQL
AWK

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Jess De Silva

I have made visualizations viewed by hundreds of thousands of people1, sped up query times for 25 terabytes of data by an average of 4,800 times2, and built packages for R3 that let you do magic4.

Education

PhD. Candidate, Biostatistics

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

2020 - 2015

  • Focused on network models & interactive visualization platforms for electronic health records data
  • University Graduate Fellow

B.S., Mathematics, Statistics (minor C.S.)

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

2015 - 2011

  • Thesis: An agent based model of Diel Vertical Migration patterns of Mysis diluviana

Industry Experience

I have worked in a variety of roles ranging from journalist to software engineer to data scientist. I like collaborative environments where I can learn from my peers.

Software Engineer

RStudio

Remote

Current - 2020

  • Helping make programming web applications with R easier and more beautiful on the Shiny team

Data Journalist - Graphics Department

New York Times

New York, New York

2016 - 2016

  • Reporter with the graphics desk covering topics in science, politics, and sport.
  • Work primarily done in R, Javascript, and Adobe Illustrator.

Engineering Intern - User Experience

Dealer.com

Burlington, VT

2015 - 2015

  • Built internal tool to help analyze and visualize user interaction with back-end products.

Data Science Intern

Dealer.com

Burlington, VT

2015 - 2015

  • Worked with the product analytics team to help parse and visualize large stores of data to drive business decisions.

Data Artist In Residence

Conduce

Carpinteria, CA

2015 - 2014

  • Envisioned, prototyped and implemented visualization framework in the course of one month.
  • Constructed training protocol for bringing third parties up to speed with new protocol.

Software Engineering Intern

Conduce

Carpinteria, CA

2014 - 2014

  • Incorporated d3.js to the company’s main software platform.